White Man Released On Bail After Shooting Unarmed Black Teen In The Head

In the latest incident, a 14-year-old unarmed African-American teenager remains hospitalized in critical condition after being shot in the head by a white man who believed that the boy was planning to break into his home in New Orleans.

A Marigny homeowner has been charged with attempted second-degree murder after he shot a 14-year-old boy in the head early Friday, police said. The homeowner’s friends and neighbors said the owner believed the teen was an intruder.

Police said the teen was near Landry’s vehicle when he was shot. Landry’s friends said the vehicle was in the driveway behind a gate just a few feet from the house’s backdoor.

Similar to the Trayvon Martin case, a few witnesses have come forward with what they saw prior to the shooting, including a neighbor of Landry’s who seems to also believe that the teen was planning to burglarize Landry’s home based on what he witnessed.

[Friend and neighbor] Charles Hazouri said his [surveillance] video, which he gave to NOPD detectives, shows a teen in a light-colored T-shirt walk his bike across Mandeville toward Landry’s house. Then, the teen walks back out to the middle of the road before climbing over Landry’s fence, Hazouri said.

Earlier in the evening, a different neighbor said, a teen in a blue tank top had been biking around the area around 8 p.m. and the neighbor believed he was looking at different houses.

“I thought about calling the cops, but the last thing I want to do is racially profile a little kid who’s just biking,” said the neighbor, who spoke on condition of anonymity. The neighbor and Landry are white; the two teens are black.

Landry’s large dog started barking, which alerted Landry to the teen being inside his yard, according to Landry’s friends. Landry, who has a pregnant wife and baby daughter, believed the teen was trying to break into his house, Hazouri said.

Both family members of the teen and attorneys for the shooter have spoken out with few details surrounding the current condition of the teenager and the future outcome of this case. Hear what they had to say on the flip…